In the Name of the Father
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Movie Reviews of In the Name of the Father
Movie Review: Almost too good to be true
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie should have won an Oscar and Daniel Day-Lewis should have won one too (Both were nominated). He did a magnificent job as a petty crook in Northern Ireland, who gets in trouble, and moves to London, where he gets in much bigger trouble when he is falsely accused of blowing up a pub in Guildford, and thus becomes one of the "Guildford Four."Although the other three have minor parts, this movie is about Gerry Conlan (Day-Lewis), and his father Giuseppe, expertly played by Pete Postlethwaite, who turns in an Oscar-type performance himself. The touching scenes between Gerry and his father, show how their relationship changes over the years.
Emma Thompson, as lawyer Gareth Pierce, is the one, however, who manages to unravel the government's reason for keeping these innocent prisoners locked up. Using a cunning devise, she manages to get the necessary details from official British documents, which allows her to prove the innocence of the prisoners. Thompson does a superb job, as she takes it on her own, without any coaxing by Gerry, to win this case.
Everyone should love the ending of this DVD, as justice is finally served, after 15 hard years in jail for the "Guildford Four."
Movie Review: 20 stars!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this film as soon as it came out on Video. I've watched it through about 20 times & have watched certain scenes over & over. The scene in the prison when Gerry Conlon's father is put into the same cell with his son is riviting. Day-Lewis's emotions build from confused to irate to explosive. Pete Postlethwait's sad, shocked reactions work perfectly with Day-Lewis. Throughout the film, these two work off each other--from lackadasical youth shunning his father's advice to mature, driven young man determined to be free. My Dad is 1/3 Irish & my mother 1/2 Brit. So I've got a war going on inside me which sometimes blasts out like Gerry: "Delayed shock! I've been this way since I was 7!!!" The musical score is brilliant. Also, I'd advise you read the book by Gerry Conlon. He is honest & straightforward. It's not just Britain that imprisons people wrongly, America has Quantanamo Bay. This is a cautionary tale for the justice system which should be shown to students of history in every high school, as well as to every civil servant--from Parliment to Senate to Congress. As Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young sang "Battle Lines Being Drawn, Nobody's Right if Everybody's Wrong."Movie Review: mounting disgust
Summary: 5 Stars
When those who know what is most troubling try to summarize the disturbing aspects of what they face, "In The Name Of The Father" is the kind of movie that dramatizes the kind of reality people wish to escape. Any call for silence in the courtroom is most likely to be sincere when the comments of an attorney who discovered a file that was not to be shown to the defense underscore how rotton the core of courtly assertions has often been.
Like appreciating that Martin Luther was considered a criminal for being a heretic after openly opposing attermpts to shut him up, the idea that Saint Paul police twisted the arm of some radio news host in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in September, 2008, is as easy to understand as Jack Ruby catching Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Station in November, 1963, just a few weeks after what happened to Diem and Nhu in Vietnam and days after what happened to President Kennedy, if you understand how the police are likely to treat anyone they can hold for seven days in a situation that allows the police to control the mounting disgust.
This movie makes it all happen for me. It shows the schismatic max.
Movie Review: no title
Summary: 5 Stars
Another powerful film. Movies just get better and better. Certainly Daniel-Day Lewis does. Interestingly, this movie's executive producer was Gabriel Bryne who starred in "Into the West" which was scripted by Sheridan, who also directed Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot". It was very riveting - never seemed long or lost my focus at any point. Fifteen years in prison for something you didn't do. The concept is mind-boggling. The disgraceful detective who allowed this to happen, even promoted it, was well played as a sniveling brownie by one of the Redgraves, Colin. Raymond Massey's son also was good as the original prosecutor. It was hard not to get mad when you see injustice so blatently splattered in front of you. And the IRA did not come out well in this at all. They were just plain murderers any way you looked at it. The cast was excellent all round, as was the music by Bono of U-2. Who else? Day-Lewis has made an incredible string of movies from "Unbearable Lightness" to "Age of Innocence" to this - with marvelous roles in between. He's really something.Movie Review: EXCELLENT!
Summary: 5 Stars
A truly outstanding movie, In the Name of the Father, brings to the screen the true story of a young Irishman who was wrongfully detained by the British forces in Northern Ireland in connection with an IRA bombing.
It is a film about human relations, hope and second chances, but most importantly about trust, love, and inner strength.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are exceptional to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)! Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few tears. The film is simple enough, but does a great job of describing the complexity of Northern Ireland.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues and the music are all wonderful!
In short, In the Name of the Father is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection!